deleted Domain and now passwords won't work

[Guest]

I have accedentally deleted the domain on my laptop now it will not let me
back in to windows no matter what password I use. Including an administrator
password! And the dropdown list where you would chose a domain does not come
up. I have tried to log in Safe Mode, Command Prompt, Networking....nothing
seems to work.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have accedentally deleted the domain on my laptop now it will not
let me back in to windows no matter what password I use. Including
an administrator password! And the dropdown list where you would
chose a domain does not come up. I have tried to log in Safe Mode,
Command Prompt, Networking....nothing seems to work.

You cannot "accidentally" remove a machine from a domain.
It is an intentional act.
You have to agree *multiple* times to what you are doing.
It even asks (although you can put in anything you want) for a
username/password to remove it from the currently joined domain.

When you removed the system from the domain - all domain credentials you
knew went *poof*. All that is left is local accounts. If you do not know a
local machine account username/password - your only hope is to find a
password "hacking" CD - boot with it and change the password of an account
and then you can use that to log back onto the machine.

If this is a work-owned system - you should tak it into them and let them
rejoin the domain. Whatever you thought you were gaining - in that case -
probably was smoke and mirrors. It doesn't matter if your machine is a
member or not of a domain/workgroup in order to use that domain/workgroups'
resources. As long as you have a valid account.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

 

[Guest]

It actually was done mistakenly as I thought I had hit cancel when I realized
I was in the wrong window. It seems to have stuck anyway. Thank you for the
reply.

 

[Guest]

This does not seem to work on IBM laptops. It is my personal computer so work
won't touch it. Any other idea's would be appriciated.

 

[Malke]

This does not seem to work on IBM laptops. It is my personal computer
so work won't touch it. Any other idea's would be appriciated.

Take the machine to a professional computer repair shop. This will not
be your local version of BigStoreUSA. There are other methods that will
work.

Malke

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have accedentally deleted the domain on my laptop now it will not let me
back in to windows no matter what password I use. Including an administrator
password! And the dropdown list where you would chose a domain does not come
up. I have tried to log in Safe Mode, Command Prompt, Networking....nothing
seems to work.

Thanks for your time.

By changing the computer from the domain to a workgroup, you've
destroyed the trust between the domain and the machine. In doing so,
you've also rendered your domain login credentials as invalid. You'll
need to be physically connected to the domain network, you'll need to
have administrative privileges to the workstation, and you'll need to
have sufficient privileges on the domain. Then you can add the machine
back on to the domain, after having first deleted the computer's old
domain account (unless you've also renamed the computer).

Take the computer to your company's IT department for repairs. I
do hope that your employer is of the understanding and forgiving
variety. In many companies, your employment could be summarily
terminated for altering, and thereby rendering useless, company property.


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[Guest]

Unfortunatly I have bought the computer from my old job and no longer have
access to that domain. Which is why I had the brilliant idea of changing it,
which I ended up doing even after I changed my mind not to. I will try taking
it to a professional I guess? I thought maybe I could use one of the recovery
tools?
Thanks again
S

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Unfortunatly I have bought the computer from my old job and no longer have
access to that domain.

That being the case, simply ask your former employer for the password
to the built-in local Administrator account. They should have given you
that information when they sold you the license to WinXP included with
the sale of the computer.

Which is why I had the brilliant idea of changing it,
which I ended up doing even after I changed my mind not to. I will try taking
it to a professional I guess? I thought maybe I could use one of the recovery
tools?

With second-hand computers, especially if acquired from strangers
but perhaps even if acquired from a family member or friend, your wisest
course of action would definitely be to format the hard drives and start
fresh. You don't want to get in trouble because the original owner may
have filled the hard drive with kiddie porn, or have problems because
the original owner downloaded/installed viruses or other malware.


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[Guest]

Thanks Bruce,
If I can ask one more question. Will the administrator password work even
if the domain is deleted?
If it is a matter of hooking up to a domain I can go to my husbands office
and use his. Or does it have to be the original domain?
I do have the administrator password and am not able to get in is why I am
asking.
(okay that was three
thanks again for your time.
S~

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Thanks Bruce,
If I can ask one more question. Will the administrator password work even
if the domain is deleted?

The computer's local, built-in Administrator account password, unless
the account's been disabled, will still work.

If it is a matter of hooking up to a domain I can go to my husbands office
and use his. Or does it have to be the original domain?

It would have to be the original domain, and you'd have to have
administrative privileges on that domain.

I do have the administrator password and am not able to get in is why I am
asking.

Perhaps the built-in Administrator account had been renamed; that's a
standard security practice for a lot of organizations. Be that as it
may, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the Internet,
freely available to anyone who can use Google.

However, you wisest course of action would be to simply format the hard
drive and re-install the OS and applications, anyway.


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